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Sunday August 31, 2014 9:13 AM

On the day Congress adjourned for its August recess, state Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Jefferson
Township, betrayed her black constituents by endorsing President Barack Obama’s dictatorial plan to
skirt Congress with his own immigration reform.

She also opposed House Resolution 5230, which would have closed the southwest border of the
United States and prevented the administration from deferring action on childhood arrivals.

Beatty took these actions despite a letter last year from some U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
members cautioning that unskilled illegal immigrants pose an economic threat to unskilled
Americans, many of whom are African-Americans. Vice Chairs Abigail Thernstrom, Gail Heriot and
Peter Kirsanow wrote a long, footnoted letter to U.S. Rep. Marcia Fudge, D-Cleveland, who is
chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus.

The three said illegal immigration has a negative effect on African-American males because they
are disproportionately represented in the low-skilled labor force. It said there are insufficient
low-skilled jobs for both blacks and illegal immigrants. Granting amnesty would only further harm
black workers, they said.

Remember Beatty’s decisions on Election Day. Proof of her compassion might be to open her homes
to illegal immigrants. Or is her real desire only to see illegal immigrants swell the rolls of
Democratic Party voters?